A really big lunch

Title:

A really big lunch

Author:

Harrison, Jim, 1937-2016, author.

Summary:

Jim Harrison’s legendary gourmandise is on full display in A Really Big Lunch. From the titular New Yorker piece about a French lunch that went to thirty-seven courses, to pieces from Brick, Playboy, Kermit Lynch Newsletter, and more on the relationship between hunter and prey, or the obscure language of wine reviews, A Really Big Lunch is shot through with Harrison’s pointed aperçus and keen delight in the pleasures of the senses. And between the lines the pieces give glimpses of Harrison’s life over the last three decades. A Really Big Lunch is a literary delight that will satisfy every appetite. -- Amazon.

General Note:

"The pieces collected in this volume have originally appeared in Smoke Signals, The Kermit Lynch Wine Newsletter, Brick, The New Yorker, Martha Stewart Living, Playboy, Edible Baja Arizona, Big Sky Cooking by Meredith Brokaw and Ellen Wright, The Montana Writers?"

Edition:

First edition.

Contents:

Eat your heart out -- Food for thought -- The dead food scrolls -- The vivid diet -- Father-in-law -- Wine notes -- Is winemaking an art? -- My problems with white wine -- Eat or die -- Paris rebellion -- Odious comparisons -- Wine criticism and literary criticism (part II) -- Food, sex, and death -- A really big lunch -- Carte -- Tongue -- Ducks -- Wine strategies -- Resuming the pleasure -- Snake-eating -- Bear posole -- Food, fitness, and death -- The fisherman gourmand -- Food and mood -- Vin blanc -- Eternity and food -- The spirit of wine -- Here I stand for a few minutes -- One good thing leads to another -- Don't go out over your head -- Rage and appetite -- Close to the bone -- Food, finance, and spirit -- The body is a temple -- Food and music -- The arts versus food and birds -- Wine and poetry -- Caregiver -- Chef English major -- The logic of birds and fishes as it relates to shingles -- Pain -- Courage and survival -- San Rafael -- Eat where you live -- Gramps le Fou -- Truly older -- Real old food -- Everyday life: the question of zen.

Physical Description:

xii, 275 pages ; 24 cm

Genre:

Essays.

Personal Subject:

Harrison, Jim, 1937-2016.

Subject Term:

Cooking.

Gastronomy.

Publisher:

Grove Press,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9780802126467

Publication Information:

New York : Grove Press, [2017]

Call Number:

641 HARRISO

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"[A] culinary combo plate of Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, Julian Schnabel, and Sam Peckinpah . . . Harrison writes with enough force to make your knees buckle and with infectious zeal that makes you turn the pages hungry for more . . . Jim Harrison has staked out a distinctive place in the world of food writing."--Jane and Michael Stern, New York Times Book Review on The Raw and the Cooked

New York Times bestselling author Jim Harrison was one of this country's most beloved writers, a muscular, brilliantly economic stylist with a salty wisdom. He also wrote some of the best essays on food around, earning praise as "the poet laureate of appetite" ( Dallas Morning News ). A Really Big Lunch , to be published on the one-year anniversary of Harrison's death, collects many of his food pieces for the first time--and taps into his larger-than-life appetite with wit and verve.

Jim Harrison's legendary gourmandise is on full display in A Really Big Lunch . From the titular New Yorker piece about a French lunch that went to thirty-seven courses, to pieces from Brick , Playboy , Kermit Lynch Newsletter, and more on the relationship between hunter and prey, or the obscure language of wine reviews, A Really Big Lunch is shot through with Harrison's pointed aperçus and keen delight in the pleasures of the senses. And between the lines the pieces give glimpses of Harrison's life over the last three decades. A Really Big Lunch is a literary delight that will satisfy every appetite.

"Harrison is the American Rabelais, and he is at his irreverent and excessive best in this collection." --John Skowles, San Diego Union-Tribune on The Raw and the Cooked

Author Notes

Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was the New York Times -bestselling author of thirty-nine previous books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, including Legends of the Fall , Dalva , and Returning to Earth . A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and winner of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, his work was published in twenty-seven languages.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

The late poet and novelist Harrison (Legends of the Fall), known for sagas of frontier existentialists, was also a devotee of fine and not-so-fine dining, and his gusto sparkles throughout this collection of magazine essays on food. Harrison writes of a vast range of meals and foodstuffs in disparate settings: fresh-caught rattlesnakes; a dinner of "artisanal salamis, lamb and duck prosciutto" flown in for a fishing trip; innumerable sojourns through France eating at bistros and ogling women; the title feast, an 11-hour, 37-course, 19-wine lunch featuring three centuries of French delicacies including poached eel with chicken wing tips and testicles in a pool of tarragon butter. Woven around the food descriptions (complete with a recipe for bear-meat cubes) are the author's rambling ruminations and poems on just about everything, including the similarities of wine criticism and literary criticism, Wall Street's odiousness, Buddhist moral lacunae, and death and dying. As his aging body succumbs to diabetes, shingles, kidney stones, and other afflictions, food becomes a last redoubt of sensual pleasure amid waning physicality. Harrison treats all these subjects with his usual earthy wit and delighted curiosity; the result is a tasty nosh for foodies with a literary bent. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Mario Batali

Introduction	p. ix
Eat Your Heart Out (Smoke Signals, 1981)	p. 1
Food for Thought (Smoke Signals, 1982)	p. 4
The Dead Food Scrolls (Smoke Signals, 1983)	p. 9
The Vivid Diet (Unpublished, 1986)	p. 14
Father-in-Law (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 1995)	p. 22
Wine Notes (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2002)	p. 24
Is Winemaking an Art? (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2002)	p. 28
My Problems with White Wine (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2002)	p. 31
Eat or Die (Brick, 2003)	p. 35
Paris Rebellion (Brick, 2003)	p. 39
Odious Comparisons (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2004)	p. 44
Wine Criticism and Literary Criticism (Part II) (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2004)	p. 47
Food, Sex, and Death (Brick, 2004)	p. 52
A Really Big Lunch (New Yorker, 2004)	p. 58
Carte	p. 69
Tongue (Brick, 2004)	p. 82
Ducks (Motto Italiano, 2005)	p. 88
Wine Strategies (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2005)	p. 91
Resuming the Pleasure (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2005)	p. 95
Snake-Eating (Brick, 2005)	p. 100
Bear Posole (The Montana Writers' Cookbook, 2005)	p. 106
Food, Fitness, and Death (Brick, 2005)	p. 107
The Fisherman Gourmand (Big Sky Cooking, 2006)	p. 113
Food and Mood (Brick, 2006)	p. 116
Vin Blanc (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2006)	p. 122
Eternity and Food (Brick, 2006)	p. 128
The Spirit of Wine (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2007)	p. 135
Here I Stand for a Few Minutes (Brick, 2007)	p. 141
One Good Thing Leads to Another (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2007)	p. 147
Don't Go Out Over Your Head (Brick, 2007)	p. 151
Rage and Appetite (Brick, 2008)	p. 158
Close to the Bone (Martha Stewart Living, 2008)	p. 166
Food, Finance, and Spirit (Brick, 2009)	p. 169
The Body Is a Temple (Brick, 2009)	p. 176
Food and Music (Brick, 2010)	p. 183
The Arts Versus Food and Birds (Brick, 2010)	p. 191
Wine and Poetry (Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, 2010)	p. 201
Caregiver (Brick, 2011)	p. 207
Chef English Major (Playboy, June 2011)	p. 216
The Logic of Birds and Fishes As It Relates to Shingles (Brick, 2011)	p. 223
Pain (Brick, 2012)	p. 229
Courage and Survival (Brick, 2013)	p. 236
San Rafael (Brick, 2013)	p. 243
Eat Where You Live (Edible Baja Arizona, 2014)	p. 250
Gramps le Fou (Brick 2014)	p. 252
Truly Older (Brick, 2014)	p. 262
Real Old Food (Brick, 2015)	p. 267
Everyday Life: The Question of Zen (Brick, 2001)	p. 272
Photo Credits	p. 276

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